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Customers parking at Reagan National Airport early Friday were sent away from some garages after police blocked off a road, the airport said. Officers were talking to a person in crisis, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said. There is no danger to the public, airport officials said. Garages reopened hours later, but police would still be present in the area,…

D.C. Councilmember Trayon White is joining the race for D.C. mayor. White, the member representing Ward 8, made the announcement in the comments section of an Instagram post about fellow Councilmember Robert White’s candidacy announcement. “@trayonwhite needa be mayor,” one user commented on the post from Washington Problems, the Washington City Paper first reported. “I’m running,” Trayon White replied....

D.C. At-Large Councilmember Robert White says he’s running for mayor in 2022 and focusing his campaign on fighting crime and poverty. “We share a vision of opportunity for all,” White said on his website. “But for too long we have seen our city fail to live up to its promise, plagued with seemingly endless violent crime and systemic poverty.”...

News4’s Mark Segraves reports that frustrated drivers are asking Mayor Muriel Bowser for help.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says transportation officials will cut the red tape around completing some road safety projects and take other steps to reduce crashes and improve pedestrian safety.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says transportation officials will cut the red tape around completing some road safety projects and take other steps to reduce crashes and improve pedestrian safety. The changes come after four children were struck by vehicles in the past month, Bowser said. “As drivers, we can all do better,” Bowser said. “The other part of this...

The Metropolitan Police Department has identified 23-year-old Giovanni Lovelace as the victim who died in a quadruple shooting that occurred in the Hill East neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Friday night. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The Metropolitan Police Department has identified 23-year-old Giovanni Lovelace as the victim who died in a quadruple shooting that occurred in the Hill East neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Friday night. Lovelace was one of four men shot in the residential neighborhood. One man was found suffering from gunshot wounds near 17th Street and Independence Avenue SE after officers were...

Four people were shot, one fatally, in the Hill East neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Friday night, the Metropolitan Police Department said. One man was found suffering from gunshot wounds near 17th Street and Independence Avenue SW after officers were called about 8:15 p.m. He is expected to be ok, police said. Another man was found a block away near...

The COVID-19 public emergency in Washington, D.C., will continue into 2022. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an extension of the state of emergency on Thursday, the day it was set to expire. It will now stay in effect through Jan. 7, 2022. Read the order here. A public emergency and public health emergency were put in effect since March 11,…

With an uptick in bike sales comes a rise in thefts. News4’s Shomari Stone reports on how you can keep your property safe.

A ninth grader at a D.C. charter school got a big prize for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Daniella Senior, a co-founder of the popular D.C. café Colada Shop, is looking to help other women own businesses. “The system needs to be more friendly toward women, more friendly toward people of color,” she told News4’s Juliana Valencia.

News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the weekend shootings that left several people hurt in the District.

Three shootings spread across Washington, D.C., late Saturday and overnight Sunday left a person dead and four others hospitalized, authorities said. The deadly shooting took place around 11 p.m. Saturday along the 1300 block of Half Street SW near Nationals Park. Two men and a woman were shot by a person driving a dark colored sedan, police said. Neighbors told…

One person is dead and four others are hurt in a series of shootings across Washington, D.C. Saturday night and overnight Sunday. News 4’s Derrick Ward reports from Southeast DC.

Thousands of abortion rights supporters packed Freedom Plaza for a rally and Women’s March. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Editor’s Note: D.C. Police now say six people were shot, one fatally, in Southwest D.C. Friday night — the same day police launched a crime prevention initiative in that neighborhood. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Major police reforms take effect in Maryland on Oct. 1 among more laws in D.C. and Virginia.